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hmm i use it all the time... eg. are we in agreeance??
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We are in agreeance. Agreed?
Snag Breac
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I'm happy to be in agreement or agreeance. But I really like 'frenemy' - although I've never heard it before. It sounds so female.
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no way
its as bad as guesstimate haha, cant believe someone suggested it.
its as bad as guesstimate haha, cant believe someone suggested it.
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Snag Breac
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I support the creation of new words to reflect our new world. I just don't want to lose the old ones.
Would we consider that slang for an 'educated guess'?
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I have a word to add to the common dialogue.
Mesh or Meshing: A robust hug which involves the firm rubbing together of the participants cheek bones.
I know at least 20 people who would know his term instantly. Male and female.
Mesh or Meshing: A robust hug which involves the firm rubbing together of the participants cheek bones.
I know at least 20 people who would know his term instantly. Male and female.
scruffydog
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I consider myself fairly with it when it comes to the English language, but ever since MSN and texting (also, American forums and spell-checks don't help much) I've been making a ridiculous amount of errors. I'm always writing your and you're in place of each other, amongst other things. It's not that I don't know what goes where, it's just that my brain no longer seems to bother turning on when I'm on MSN 
Also I type ridiculously fast so it's possible my brain just doesn't keep up...
Also I type ridiculously fast so it's possible my brain just doesn't keep up...
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i have made it a real skills switching between internet talk and proper english.
i usually post while working, i have a very short attention span, which is why i find myself spending so much time on these boards. whenever writing reports or doing whatever every few minutes i need to switch over to a forum and jot down some mindless drivel lol. and its like i press pause on my spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc function during this time, until i resume my work
i usually post while working, i have a very short attention span, which is why i find myself spending so much time on these boards. whenever writing reports or doing whatever every few minutes i need to switch over to a forum and jot down some mindless drivel lol. and its like i press pause on my spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc function during this time, until i resume my work
Snag Breac
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I consider myself fairly with it when it comes to the English language, but ever since MSN and texting (also, American forums and spell-checks don't help much) I've been making a ridiculous amount of errors. I'm always writing your and you're in place of each other, amongst other things. It's not that I don't know what goes where, it's just that my brain no longer seems to bother turning on when I'm on MSN
I know exactly what you mean. I used to put it down to age - and that may be part of my problem - but writing quickly, particularly if I'm doing one or two other things at the same time, makes it very easy to make mistakes.
I'm a bit like Godfrey - I rarely get the luxury of playing on BF unless I'm also working, so I continually have to shift from one register to another. Learning foreign languages also confuses the issue. I keep wanting to add "e" to the ende of wordes.
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quick question do you have a quick way of which is which out of quite or quiet?
i keep getting them mixed up, and had to look it up again today... and im sure ill forget in a few days lol.
you dont happen to have any "i before e, except after c", type deals?
i keep getting them mixed up, and had to look it up again today... and im sure ill forget in a few days lol.
you dont happen to have any "i before e, except after c", type deals?
Snag Breac
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo, but
I'm quite tired; I need a moment of quieeeeeeeeeeettttt.
But damned if I know how you're going to remember that, God.
Better quit before I get you even more confused.
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haha,
well i'll have to think of something
how about this, the only difference between the words is that in quiet the 'e' is inside the word
and when you are inside, rather than outdoors, you must be quiet
you know - its strange enough to work lol
well i'll have to think of something
how about this, the only difference between the words is that in quiet the 'e' is inside the word
and when you are inside, rather than outdoors, you must be quiet
you know - its strange enough to work lol
Snag Breac
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haha,
well i'll have to think of something
how about this, the only difference between the words is that in quiet the 'e' is inside the word
and when you are inside, rather than outdoors, you must be quiet
you know - its strange enough to work lol
Not only is it good, but I'm going to use it in my revivified EGF.
Let me know if it actually works.
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unbelievable snag, i was about to make fun of you for mispelling revived
and what do you know, revivified is an actual word, !!
and what do you know, revivified is an actual word, !!
Snag Breac
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- #291
As we used to say when I was a girl......
Na na na na na!
And I'd like to say somethng in favour of the word 'guernsey'. When I was at school Miss Delaney used it all the time and we used to make fun of her. She's was middle-aged, ginger and an old maid. Poor woman - devoted her life to a pack of wee hard women. Anyway, we thought it a very old fashioned word, and we used to say 'jersey' - that other Channel island.
Many years and miles later, I discovered footy and rediscoverd the word 'guernsey' - and it even has full 'cool' status as a word. Just goes to show you.......
Thank you for everything, Miss Delaney - you were a lady.
scruffydog
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Yeah I think age actually plays a big part... and I'm only 23 :\
I'm fairly certain I was actually a better speller in primary school than I am now. I seemed to get worse with grammar throughout high school (although that could be based on branching out and writing in different styles and techniques, and learning new and more complicated words I suppose).
As for foreign languages, I generally say 'sehr' instead of 'very' and 'danke' instead of 'thank you' just because they roll off the tongue easier.
I'm fairly certain I was actually a better speller in primary school than I am now. I seemed to get worse with grammar throughout high school (although that could be based on branching out and writing in different styles and techniques, and learning new and more complicated words I suppose).
As for foreign languages, I generally say 'sehr' instead of 'very' and 'danke' instead of 'thank you' just because they roll off the tongue easier.
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Two things that have improved my spelling.
1. Read read read. Books make you smartererer
2. For the last three years I have forced myself to manually correct all spell check errors as I type an essay. So if I see that red squiggly line I don't right click and get the PC to fix it, I bodge around with the word until I get it right. After enough correcting of the same word, I tend to learn it gooder (man I'm gonna get in trouble for spelling gooder with two o's)
1. Read read read. Books make you smartererer
2. For the last three years I have forced myself to manually correct all spell check errors as I type an essay. So if I see that red squiggly line I don't right click and get the PC to fix it, I bodge around with the word until I get it right. After enough correcting of the same word, I tend to learn it gooder (man I'm gonna get in trouble for spelling gooder with two o's)
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I really like 2, but I'm not sure about 1.
At least, I'm not sure that reading 5 books a week is any better than reading 1 book a week. Some reading is obviously mandatory, but I've known plenty of avid readers who couldn't spell a lick.
Snag Breac
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I've updated the OP to incorporate a piece of our very own artwork - hopefully the first of many. Shame you can only post 7 pics per post.
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I think this depends on what kind of learner you are. If you don't internalise from reading, or if you are a more practical/manual learner, then you're less likely to pick up spelling from reading.
But I have always (not to toot my own horn) been an immaculate speller, even from a very early age, and I've always attributed that to the early age that I started reading. In fact, I even learned never to start a sentence, let alone a paragraph, with the word "but"
To be serious though, I am sometimes amazed at the poor level of people's writing when they are reasonably avid readers. Even at uni for the last few years, I've noticed amongst a group of students doing a Bachelor of Communication, that many still make errors in the fundamentals of spelling and grammar, which I find incredible.
Snag Breac
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I think this depends on what kind of learner you are. If you don't internalise from reading, or if you are a more practical/manual learner, then you're less likely to pick up spelling from reading.
But I have always (not to toot my own horn) been an immaculate speller, even from a very early age, and I've always attributed that to the early age that I started reading. In fact, I even learned never to start a sentence, let alone a paragraph, with the word "but"
To be serious though, I am sometimes amazed at the poor level of people's writing when they are reasonably avid readers. Even at uni for the last few years, I've noticed amongst a group of students doing a Bachelor of Communication, that many still make errors in the fundamentals of spelling and grammar, which I find incredible.
I'm not surprised any more, but I despair when sub-editors (spelt with or without the hyphen) panic when they see a comma.
And just don't try slipping in a quote from Yeats, for example - they'll not only fail to recognise it, they'll reword it to make it 'clearer'. Pongo - both excellent tips. The best piece of advice you can give any student is - read.
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I'm not surprised any more, but I despair when sub-editors (spelt with or without the hyphen) panic when they see a comma.
Quoting Yeats is soooo passé...to quote a far greater Irishman, Edward Murphy; "What has [Yeats] done for me lately?"
Back on topic, I've had a hard time recently explaining the who/whom thing to a friend (with limited formal understanding of grammar). My initial response was "you gots to feel it", but that didn't help obviously. I then suggested replacing who/whom by he/him to work it out, but that didn't seem to get us any further.
Any ideas Snag?
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'who' goes for all situations. 'whom' is for when you want to sound like a snobby knob